MUMBAI: Though the worker survived, the driver and cleaner inhaled gaseous fumes inside the manhole leading to their death, said police.
The owner of the house where the incident occurred, the contractor through whom the worker was hired, and the owner of the suction vehicle have been booked for causing death by negligence and violating the ban on manual scavenging, imposed in 2013.
The deceased were identified as Chandan Jaiswal, 23, the cleaner, and Vikas Taak, 33, the driver, while the worker was identified as Nilesh Dhotre.
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